2025 Legal Update

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Attorney General Tim Griffin will host a FREE legal update for government attorneys and administrators on May 20 – 21, 2025, at the GSA Community Center (1 GSA Circle, Little Rock, AR 72209). This course has been approved for 12 hours Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit (10 hours of general and 2 hours of ethics).

 

2025 Legal Update and State Agencies Training Agenda

May 20 – 21, 2025

GSA Community Center

Tuesday, May 20

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Check-In Begins/Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. The History and Creation of the Arkansas Constitution and State Agencies

9:45 – 10:15 a.m. New Laws, New Rules (How to Draft Rules)

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Dos and Don’ts of Executive Session

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ethics for Government Attorneys

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Administrative Procedures Act Overview

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Agency Legislative Update

3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Dos and Don’ts for Licensing Agencies

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Legal Writing Tips

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Consumer/Board Complaints and How to Investigate for a Possible Hearing

4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks

Wednesday, May 21

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Check-In Begins/Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. How the Attorney General’s Office is Working for You: Public Protection Division

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. FOIA Update

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Employment Law Panel Discussion

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Legal Education Ethics

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Miller Trusts and Case Studies: Exploitation of the Elderly

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Human Trafficking Statutes

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

2025 Missing Persons Event

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Attorney General Tim Griffin would like to invite you to the FREE 14th annual Missing Persons Event. This is a special gathering for families and the Arkansas community to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing persons and to recognize Arkansas’s missing. There will be a training session from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., family session from 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. as well as a luncheon ceremony.